Initial commit: Pay2Play! satirical music player

Paywalled music player where every feature costs money — pause,
resume, skip, volume, even closing the app. Built with React 18
and Tone.js via CDN, zero build step.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

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+# Pay2Play! — The Worst Music Player
+
+A satirical music player where every interaction is paywalled.
+Pause? That's $0.01. Resume? Separate charge. Turn off repeat?
+That costs *more* than turning it on.
+
+Part of [donothireus.com](https://donothireus.com).
+
+## Quick start
+
+The entire player is a single HTML file with no build step.
+
+```bash
+cd public/
+python3 -m http.server 8080
+# open http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+Or with any other static file server (caddy, nginx, etc).
+
+## Project structure
+
+```
+public/
+├── index.html          # The complete player (React + Tone.js via CDN)
+└── audio/              # Drop MP3 files here for real music
+    └── .gitkeep
+```
+
+## Deploying to donothireus.com
+
+Just serve the `public/` directory. If you're using Caddy
+(which I know you are), something like:
+
+```
+donothireus.com {
+    root * /srv/donothireus/public
+    file_server
+    encode gzip
+}
+```
+
+Or to put it at a subpath like `/payplay`:
+
+```
+donothireus.com {
+    handle /payplay/* {
+        root * /srv/donothireus/payplay/public
+        uri strip_prefix /payplay
+        file_server
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Audio: procedural vs real music
+
+By default the player uses Tone.js to generate procedural synth
+loops — no external audio files needed. This is funny on its own
+("even the songs are cheaply made") but you can swap in real
+CC-licensed tracks.
+
+### Switching to self-hosted MP3s
+
+1. Download CC-BY licensed MP3s (see sources below)
+2. Put them in `public/audio/`
+3. Edit the `SONGS` array in `index.html`, adding a `url` property:
+
+```javascript
+// Before (procedural):
+{ title: "Bureaucratic Sunrise", artist: "The Paywalls",
+  duration: 90, bpm: 120,
+  gen: (s,t) => { ... },
+  wave: "triangle", color: "#e74c3c" },
+
+// After (real audio):
+{ title: "Sneaky Snitch", artist: "Kevin MacLeod",
+  duration: 120,
+  url: "/audio/sneaky-snitch.mp3",
+  color: "#e74c3c" },
+```
+
+When a song has a `url` property, the player uses HTML5 Audio
+instead of Tone.js. You can mix and match — some songs procedural,
+some real MP3s.
+
+Set `duration` to the actual track length in seconds. The color
+is used for the progress bar and visualizer.
+
+### Where to get CC-BY music
+
+All of these are free to use with attribution (CC-BY or CC0):
+
+**Kevin MacLeod / Incompetech** (CC-BY 4.0)
+- https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
+- Thousands of tracks, well-known, easy to search by mood/genre
+- Attribution: "Title" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
+  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
+- Also mirrored on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/Incompetech
+
+**Free Music Archive** (various CC licenses — filter for CC-BY)
+- https://freemusicarchive.org/
+- Filter by license type, download MP3s directly
+- Check each track's specific license
+
+**SampleSwap** (CC-BY-NC-SA for most tracks)
+- https://sampleswap.org/mp3/creative-commons/free-music.php
+- 320kbps MP3s, various genres
+
+**Pixabay Music** (Pixabay License — free, no attribution required)
+- https://pixabay.com/music/
+- No API key needed for downloads, but no hotlinking
+
+### Download and host workflow
+
+```bash
+# Example: grab a Kevin MacLeod track
+cd public/audio/
+wget -O sneaky-snitch.mp3 "https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/mp3-royaltyfree/Sneaky%20Snitch.mp3"
+
+# Get the duration in seconds (needs ffprobe)
+ffprobe -v quiet -show_entries format=duration -of csv=p=0 sneaky-snitch.mp3
+# output: 120.123456  (use 120)
+```
+
+Then update the SONGS array in index.html with the title, artist,
+duration, url, and color.
+
+### Attribution
+
+If using CC-BY music, add attribution. The fine print at the
+bottom of the player is a good place, or add a separate
+credits section. Kevin MacLeod's required format:
+
+> "Track Title" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
+> Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
+> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+
+## How it works
+
+- React 18 loaded from CDN, JSX compiled by Babel standalone
+- Tone.js for procedural synth audio (no build step needed)
+- HTML5 Audio API for self-hosted MP3 playback
+- Zero dependencies to install, zero build tools
+- All state is client-side, nothing persisted
+
+The starting wallet is randomized between $0.50 and $10.00
+each page load. The +$10 button lets people keep exploring
+all the paywalls.
+
+## License
+
+Do whatever you want with this. It's a joke.